Markus, I wanted to share some interesting news with you, in case you are not already familiar with it. It might also give you some food for posts on Twitter. ... Apparently, there are several in Silicon Valley who are working on developing analog computer chips. I think this is excellent news! As you and I have discussed, the tide does turn, and it definitely seems to be responding! :-) I am curious about your thoughts. Here is one article discussing this. It's a shame that it does not reference Peirce and his recognition of computing by electrical switches. ..... https://www.wired.com/story/unbelievable-zombie-comeback-analog-computing/?fbclid=IwAR0Gt8BKt8RcOUFJDYeQEMtfMO9oTZ077I-04teN7bfqIQRzt-JVH1HFzZk
"Semiosis is analog. We don’t digitally compile and compute information from bits and pieces. The signs we encounter are not separated and discrete particles of matter. They are logical entities discerned and abstracted from the unindividuated qualitative continuum.
An example of this phenomena can be seen in music. When we listen to a piece of music, we don't hear separate discrete units of sound. Rather, we hear a continuous and fluid flow of sound. The musical elements (signs) are discerned and abstracted from this qualitative continuum of sound allowing us to recognize notes, melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. Real natural sound is analog, not digital.
It is thus more accurate to conceptualize our experience of semiosis as a feeling of being embedded in a continuous stream of analog information, comprised and mediated by innumerable fluctuating signs. We live fully immersed in this living and breathing flow of meaning."
Yes. I often reference analog when discussing this. When I wrote 'A Musical Moment'', I referenced the analogy of hardware and software compared to genetics and epigenetics, but neglected to follow that up with using digital versus analog. I tried to bring the reader/listener to understanding the flowing continuum in other ways, but I really like how you wrote about it. ... Interesting that the root of the word 'analogy' is analog. 🙂
Markus, I wanted to share some interesting news with you, in case you are not already familiar with it. It might also give you some food for posts on Twitter. ... Apparently, there are several in Silicon Valley who are working on developing analog computer chips. I think this is excellent news! As you and I have discussed, the tide does turn, and it definitely seems to be responding! :-) I am curious about your thoughts. Here is one article discussing this. It's a shame that it does not reference Peirce and his recognition of computing by electrical switches. ..... https://www.wired.com/story/unbelievable-zombie-comeback-analog-computing/?fbclid=IwAR0Gt8BKt8RcOUFJDYeQEMtfMO9oTZ077I-04teN7bfqIQRzt-JVH1HFzZk
My favorite excerpt....
"Semiosis is analog. We don’t digitally compile and compute information from bits and pieces. The signs we encounter are not separated and discrete particles of matter. They are logical entities discerned and abstracted from the unindividuated qualitative continuum.
An example of this phenomena can be seen in music. When we listen to a piece of music, we don't hear separate discrete units of sound. Rather, we hear a continuous and fluid flow of sound. The musical elements (signs) are discerned and abstracted from this qualitative continuum of sound allowing us to recognize notes, melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. Real natural sound is analog, not digital.
It is thus more accurate to conceptualize our experience of semiosis as a feeling of being embedded in a continuous stream of analog information, comprised and mediated by innumerable fluctuating signs. We live fully immersed in this living and breathing flow of meaning."
I really like the distinction between analog and digital. It is a powerful metaphor.
Yes. I often reference analog when discussing this. When I wrote 'A Musical Moment'', I referenced the analogy of hardware and software compared to genetics and epigenetics, but neglected to follow that up with using digital versus analog. I tried to bring the reader/listener to understanding the flowing continuum in other ways, but I really like how you wrote about it. ... Interesting that the root of the word 'analogy' is analog. 🙂
I would click a hundred hearts if it allowed me to. :) Excellent! Thank you! I am sharing this, for sure.